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11 Types Of People You Will Meet On A Transit Bus by Nobody: 6:04am On Jan 09, 2015
1. The Too Close for Comfort:

Public transit is certainly no haven for personal space. During rush hour especially, it’s not uncommon to accidentally make it to second base with a stranger or for someone to unknowingly whip their dreadlocks across your face.

The Too Close for Comfort, however, is someone who crosses the invisible line that is personal space when there’s no reason for it – the entire bus is empty and they saunter on over and sit right next to you. Comfort denied!

2. The Sleeper:

There must be something about a jerky transit ride coupled with the faint smell of urine to lull this commuter into a peaceful slumber. Their necks keep rocking back and forth like Moses' rod.

3. The Reads Over Your Shoulder:

This is the person that has brought nothing to entertain themselves with for their journey, so they hover over your shoulder and get involved with your life. They mentally do your crosswords, they check out your music selection, they read your book and lurk over your texts. They are too nosey.

4. The Cell Phoner:

Yes, we’re all on public transit fiddling with our phones, praying that the lady with the forehead tattoo won’t start asking where we live, but the Cell Phoner is someone who has loud, intimate conversations on their phone, forcing everyone else to hear about their dog’s terminal illness or their upcoming bunion removal surgery.

5. The Jammer:

Public transit is chock-full of people trying to ignore each other by wearing their headphones and listening to their personal playlist. The Jammer, on the other hand, likes to mix things up and share the latest remix with everyone by either blasting it straight from their iPod or from a classic boom box, transforming your lonely subway car into a low energy rave cave.

6. The Sick Person:

There is nothing more terrifying than watching a pink-eyed, runny-nosed person aggressively cough into their palm for a solid two minutes – horking up billions of minute molecules of infection – and then quietly wrap their disease-ridden hand around the pole grip.

7. The Surfer:

This character is fearful of the germs and bacteria that surely grow on all public transportation surfaces. They refrain from sitting down or holding onto a pole and instead choose to stagger themselves best they can in the middle of the vehicle – knees bent, arms slightly out, while still trying to keep it casual. This is urban dare devilism at its best. Sometimes you’ll catch them in the occasional lean, and sometimes you’ll literally catch them.

8. The Teens:

Some of us can be amazing and thoughtful and intelligent and all of these things, but there is something about a large group of teens on public transit that gets them all revved up. So much noise, PDA, selfies, eyeliner, Axe body spray, angst and the inevitable swinging and hanging from the pole grips.

9. The Judgemental Tourist:

Some tourists want a medal for seeing the city like locals do – through the foggy, stained windows of a public transit vehicle while trying not to get hit the face by a flying toenail clipping. This commuter also enjoys flossing in crowded elevators.

The Judgemental Tourist asks for directions, which is fine, but if you’re not quite sure or you haven’t seen the latest at the museum, they accuse you of “not knowing your city” or of “not being a real city person.”

10. The Bag Buddy:

One seat for them, one for their bag, none for you.

11. The Nothing:

This person does absolutely nothing. They just sit down and stare straight ahead for the entire journey. No phone, no book, no germs, no attitude. What’s their game?!


http://hellogiggles.com/12-types-of-people-you-reluctantly-meet-on-public-transit
Re: 11 Types Of People You Will Meet On A Transit Bus by Redoil: 6:10am On Jan 09, 2015
12. What about those fat smelly people who will take up 2 seats and pay for one seat.
13. What about those who will pay for one seat and cramp themselves and 5 children into it inconvincing other passanger.
14. What about those who will refuse to pay their fare and claiming underbrige staff.
15. What about those who are fond of insulting agberos (fashola soldier) when it is time for them to collect there money.
Re: 11 Types Of People You Will Meet On A Transit Bus by Nobody: 6:16am On Jan 09, 2015
Redoil:
Clap for ur self at least you have succeeded in copying and past.

What are you saying?
Re: 11 Types Of People You Will Meet On A Transit Bus by tdayof(m): 7:00am On Jan 09, 2015
Redoil:
Clap for ur self at least you have succeeded in copying and past.
the source is there
Re: 11 Types Of People You Will Meet On A Transit Bus by Redoil: 7:21am On Jan 09, 2015
tdayof:
then post the link he copied it from. undecided
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